CVE-2014-3917 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 3.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3917 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-3917 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Jun 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3917/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3917/index.md)
Local attackers can read sensitive kernel memory or cause a denial of service via crafted syscall numbers when audit syscall rules are enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3917?
CVE-2014-3917 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Jun 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
kernel/auditsc.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled with certain syscall rules, allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive single-bit values from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (OOPS) via a large value of a syscall number.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3917?
It affects 4 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-PAE-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-debuginfo-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-headers Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-kdump-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel-xen-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.6.18-371.12.1.el5 |
kernel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-abi-whitelists Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-debug Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-debug-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-debug-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:3.10.0-123.8.1.el7 |
Products include Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Mrg, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3917?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-3917 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3917 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3917, GHSA-qjxx-j28r-gvj2, RHSA-2014:1143, RHSA-2014:1281, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3917, USN-2314-1.